Germany
The trial opened in Magdeburg for Taleb A., accused of killing six and injuring hundreds in a Christmas-market vehicle attack, and he made rambling, unrepentant statements.
Sahra Wagenknecht relinquished the chair of Germany’s Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW), saying she would remain politically active and naming Fabio de Masi and Amira Mohamed Ali as successors.
Sahra Wagenknecht resigned as chair of her Germany-based BSW party and said she would not seek re-election but would remain to lead a "Grundwertekommission."
Economy Minister Katherina Reiche urged a sweeping "Agenda 2030" of structural reforms and subsidy reviews to revive Germany’s economy, drawing resistance from the SPD and parts of her party.
Reinhard Mey's 55-year-old song "In meinem Garten" re-entered the German charts after a documentary about rapper Haftbefehl became a hit.
An appeals court in Celle ruled Christian B., the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, could live abroad, saying a Germany-only restriction breached his freedom of movement.
